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Civil Litigation

Oct. 16, 2019

Vaping device maker sued over teen’s wrongful death

Juul Labs Inc., through its massively popular e-cigarette vaping device, has singlehandedly revived the nicotine epidemic among youth originally spread by tobacco companies, according to attorneys representing the mother of a deceased 18-year-old in the first wrongful death lawsuit against the company.

Juul Labs Inc., through its massively popular e-cigarette vaping device, has singlehandedly revived the nicotine epidemic among youth originally spread by tobacco companies, according to attorneys representing the mother of a deceased 18-year-old in the first wrongful death lawsuit against the company.

The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in federal court in San Francisco, claimed Juul "took advantage of minimal regulations and loopholes for...

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